Best Electric Snow Blower

In my small garden, you wouldn't expect winter to be too spectacular, but sometimes it is. Hoarfrost made the garden even more beautiful with its frozen blooms. When the snow is melting during the sunny days, the water pouring over them freezes drop by...

Having been planted so closely, there are no longer any living limbs under 10 feet. Think about the way they will interact with your house. Apparently, the idea was to hang a hammock in the shade of the trees, but there has never been a hammock hung.

Falling snow captures nitrogen from the air and deposits it on the ground and on evergreen leaves where it is absorbed by the plants, even dormant plants can absorb nitrogen from snow.

I was particularly impressed by the tree they describe, totally confident in the return of its leaves and accepting of winter as the inevitable harbinger of spring.One subscriber put it perfectly when asking about when to start seeds in Texas.

Snowflakes have long been a subject of mystery and fascination. Libbrecht using a specially designed snowflake photomicroscope. But under certain meteorological conditions, branches begin to sprout from the corners, leading to more and more elaborate...

However, the flowers are not the only attractive part of this showy plant. Ground covers are an attractive way to cover a lot of area in a garden quickly. This stunning European native is a member of the carnation family and is deer resistant.Flowering...

Airport travelers were stranded for days and schools were cancelled all over the country. DG writerhas compared the polar ice caps to cold deserts. As observent gardeners, we know in the summer, cloudy days are sometimes warmer and more humid.

It has to be a must more pleasant experience - at least weatherwise - putting up outdoor decorations here. I really recommend getting a Christmas plant like a Christmas cactus, amaryllis, kalanchoe, or poinsettia.

Perhaps I should say, frozen air! I gathered my snow flower making items and hunted down my children. Basic food coloring, water and a pitcher is all you need to 'paint' the snow flowers.

They produce a mass of lovely star-shaped flowers with deep green strappy leaves. Work in compost or leaf litter to increase porosity if necessary. Each bulb bears five to ten blooms on thick short brown stems.

In some climates, the flowers will self-seed if not removed from the plant. Another common cause of no flowers on snow in summer plant is planting in the incorrect zone. Fortunately, it takes to shearing or even a high mow to remove spent blooms and neaten...

Then again, if you need to clear all amounts of snow from all sorts of terrain, maybe you want to have a snow plow as well as a snow blower waiting for those snowy days. But which do you need?

It tolerates almost any soil as long as it is well-drained, and needs full or partial shade. The plants spread by means of brittle underground rhizomes, and digging up unwanted plants often causes them to spread even more because broken bits of rhizomes...

After all, it's just as attractive. If your bishop's weed is losing its variegation, read on for information.Why is my snow on the mountain losing color? Otherwise, variegation loss in bishop's weed is probably irreversible.

It was bigger than I was.“What are you doing out there?” I heard from the back door.The door shut and I dragged that shovel to the strawberry patch. It was winter in the mountains and I had tolerated the mounds of snow for what seemed to be ages to...

Beautiful, but deadly. An excellent article on this subject resides on theWhen the storm is over and the repairs and removals are finished, it is still important to continue evaluating and nurturing the recovery of damaged plants.

Like a down quilt, the snow with its trapped air serves as an insulating blanket to cover the ground and keep it from freezing. For moisture, there is always my arborist's advice, to water the trees in late fall, after they have securely entered dormancy.

Maybe a quarter of a cup per person? Using a spoon, drop small dribbles of hot syrup onto the snow. NowSend the children out to fetch their pre-packed bowls of snow. We always had maple syrup on hand, and when - and if - it snowed, we would run out and...

I performed that task so well, it became a habit, and it has grown with every passing summer. This article would not hold all the numbers, because it was a habit I learned early. I remember placing the zinnias next, because I knew they would be tall.

I know my son will love that. He did pretty well remembering that the pointy end goes up and to space them a few inches apart from each other. We'll get to spend some time in my mother's garden while we're there.

Hopefully this year they'll stay nestled in the ground with no heaving and root freeze to speak of. Only time will tell. Looking out my living room window, I can see the tops of my hellebores and some of my Echinacea seed heads.

And—oh yes—winter also has subtle effects on smaller outbuildings. Equipped with safety goggles, I've had to take my digging bar and metal digging shovel all over the farm, chipping away at the ice in an attempt to break it up and make conditions...

Read on to learn more about snow mold and how to manage it on your lawn.As the snow melts for the last time this spring, you may notice some unusual brown rings and matted areas on your lawn.

Here are a few things to consider when shopping for one. While many battery-powered models exist, the intensity of running a powerful motor means that the battery won't run for very long at full power before needing a recharge.

Because we're not ready for the latter, we're in the throes of finishing and finalizing electrical wiring for inspection. It's up to you to set up the appointments, meet with the inspector, and correct any and all code violations.

Too bad I already ordered all my seeds, otherwise I might at least find some happiness in perusing all those catalogs. Under our front window there are four boxwoods that were completely buried under all the snow.

Cycles of indecisive weather, characterized by freezing and thawing, are rough on root crops and bulbs in particular and can make trees and shrubs heave and crack. The autumn weather this El Nino year was long, warm and drawn out, so winter came as something...